I recently had to resort to MPLABX V5.35 due to a Pic not supported by MPLAB 8.92.
Successfully completed the project in assembly and then went back to using the 8.92
After about an interval of a month or two, I went back to V5.35 to obtain a copy of the final code, and all the files appear to have disappeared? ,The directories are all there, but empty?
V5.35 appears to make up a file name when developing i.e. 'newpic_8b_simple.asm' for development, as well as the original title it was given.
All are gone?
When I click on the project name the 'newpic version comes up but blank?
Any insight??

 

I've seen lots of weirdness with Mplabx but I've never seen it self-delete.

 

I have never seen that kind of behavior either. Although I know that MPLAB V5.35 asks if you want to delete all files (including sources) when you wish to remove a project from its main menu.

And for the record, I've never used MPLAB's editor for my asm files. I always use Programmer's Notepad for that purpose.

 

Microchip self-immolation, as usual.

 

Try doing a search on the C: drive for users then your user account then app data and see if your files were put there. It could be under local or roaming. I have had programs relocate files there.

 

Try doing a search on the C: drive for users then your user account then app data and see if your files were put there. It could be under local or roaming. I have had programs relocate files there.

Yes, that is what I ended up doing and found it puts them in some 'distant' directory, with no links indicated? .

 

@MaxHeadRoom, learn to use and worship Git. It'll save your life someday.

 

I recently had to resort to MPLABX V5.35 due to a Pic not supported by MPLAB 8.92.
Successfully completed the project in assembly and then went back to using the 8.92
After about an interval of a month or two, I went back to V5.35 to obtain a copy of the final code, and all the files appear to have disappeared? ,The directories are all there, but empty?
V5.35 appears to make up a file name when developing i.e. 'newpic_8b_simple.asm' for development, as well as the original title it was given.
All are gone?
When I click on the project name the 'newpic version comes up but blank?
Any insight??

Are you using Windows?
Might look under "Users" and under your current user name and if it is the same user name as when you created the files.

Some programs are very strange with directories and i think that is because there is confusion about what is a directory and what is not, and then Microsoft got stupid about where to put files and starting using 'virtual' directories which really wrecked havoc with a number of problems popping up. I remember the 'infinite depth' directory problem, where the directory structure looked like it went infinitely deep by repeating the same directory name over and over again. When you went to find "MyDir" it would give you MyDir, then under that another MyDir, then under that another MyDir, etc., until it ran out of memory. Very stupid, stupid stuff. Their published solution was "don't look under that directory directly".
Another program i had would ask you if you want to save the current file, and if you said 'no' it still saved the current file so you loose the old file. That same program, if you saved the file as a new file, it would alter the previous file also. I think that problem was due to the virtual file storage location also, which is just totally nuts and stupid. The other strange thing is sometimes it uses a virtual location and other times not, and there seems to be no logic to it.

In your specific case though, you have to make backups there's no other way to ensure you'll have your files when you need them. Too many problems can crop up that will cause you to loose your data. Make at least one backup portable USB SSD's are much cheaper now even 1TB you can get around $50 USD. If the file is really important make 2 or more backups on 2 or more different discs or SSDs.

 

As per #5 & #6 , doing a search, I found them under Windows established user/user/etc/etc directories!

 

As per #5 & #6 , doing a search, I found them under Windows established user/user/etc/etc directories!

Yeah, for some reason MS must have a control freak issue. They think they have to control things that don't need controlling.